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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	C++
+" Maintainer:	Ken Shan <ccshan@post.harvard.edu>
+" Last Change:	2002 Jul 15
+
+" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
+" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" Read the C syntax to start with
+if version < 600
+  so <sfile>:p:h/c.vim
+else
+  runtime! syntax/c.vim
+  unlet b:current_syntax
+endif
+
+" C++ extentions
+syn keyword cppStatement	new delete this friend using
+syn keyword cppAccess		public protected private
+syn keyword cppType		inline virtual explicit export bool wchar_t
+syn keyword cppExceptions	throw try catch
+syn keyword cppOperator		operator typeid
+syn keyword cppOperator		and bitor or xor compl bitand and_eq or_eq xor_eq not not_eq
+syn match cppCast		"\<\(const\|static\|dynamic\|reinterpret\)_cast\s*<"me=e-1
+syn match cppCast		"\<\(const\|static\|dynamic\|reinterpret\)_cast\s*$"
+syn keyword cppStorageClass	mutable
+syn keyword cppStructure	class typename template namespace
+syn keyword cppNumber		NPOS
+syn keyword cppBoolean		true false
+
+" The minimum and maximum operators in GNU C++
+syn match cppMinMax "[<>]?"
+
+" Default highlighting
+if version >= 508 || !exists("did_cpp_syntax_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_cpp_syntax_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+  HiLink cppAccess		cppStatement
+  HiLink cppCast		cppStatement
+  HiLink cppExceptions		Exception
+  HiLink cppOperator		Operator
+  HiLink cppStatement		Statement
+  HiLink cppType		Type
+  HiLink cppStorageClass	StorageClass
+  HiLink cppStructure		Structure
+  HiLink cppNumber		Number
+  HiLink cppBoolean		Boolean
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "cpp"
+
+" vim: ts=8